Universities should be a natural birthplace for Europe’s top innovative companies — but recent data suggests they’re not doing a great job turning researchers into business leaders.
Analysis
June 13, 2022
UCL and Oxford are Europe's 'worst universities for spinouts'
A new survey by Air Street Capital raises questions about the effectiveness of Europe’s university spinout system.
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